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Day: September 6, 2015

Europe 

Europe braces for new wave of refugees

September 6, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Syrian refugees

Europe is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary

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Bulgaria Videos 

Podcast: Bulgaria’s mayoral election battle, and other news

September 6, 2015September 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, Macedonia, podcasts, Serbia

Like other European countries, Bulgaria is grappling with how to deal with the flow of migrants heading from the Middle

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over Kyrgyzstan bid to extradite US/Canadian businessman from Bulgaria

September 6, 2015September 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An online petition is gathering signatures against a bid by Kyrgyzstan to extradite from Bulgaria a US/Canadian businessman and retired

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgarian railways brings back dining cars on Sofia – Varna line

September 6, 2015September 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

Bulgarian State Railways, BDZ, said that from September 7, it would bring back “bistro” dining cars on fast trains between

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Europe 

Refugee crisis ‘to cost Germany 10 billion euro’

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Germany’s cost of care for refugees could reach around 10 billion euro ($11 billion) in 2015. Amid internal criticism over Chancellor

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Europe 

Austria, Germany open borders to thousands of migrants

September 6, 2015September 8, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Austria and Germany opened their borders Saturday to thousands of migrants traveling by bus or train or on foot to

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Europe World 

Refugees desperate on both sides of Turkey’s border with Syria

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 VOANews Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Near the border crossing to Syria, refugees loiter near trucks lined up to deliver food into their country.  If they

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Europe 

Macedonia overwhelmed by large influx of refugees

September 6, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Macedonia

The U.N. children’s fund reports authorities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are being overwhelmed by the heavy influx

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Europe 

Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria sign agreement on migrants

September 6, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Amid chaotic scenes at border crossings and train stations throughout Europe, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria have signed an agreement

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